Tha’s great to hear Rebecca! Grilled chicken is a really tasty, quick and healthy dish to cook for dinner!

Naima Sidiqisaid:

I am confused about chicken breasts. If I have a whole uncut chicken, is that one breast or two? Or is it two breast halves? Is a breast halve commonly called a breast as in boneless, skinless chicken breasts? I just read a recipe that called for 4 chicken breast halves. Does that mean use two chicken breasts (as you use in your grilled chicken video) and cut them in half? So, what is a whole chicken breast? What is a half chicken breast? Can you clear up my dilemma? Thanks!

A whole chicken has two breasts. Yes it took 2 whole chickens to get those four breast halves.

One of the primary sources of confusion is that when a recipe says 4 chicken breast halves, they really mean four chicken breasts (from two chickens).

Check to see how many servings your recipe says that it will make. If it says 4 servings and it calls for 4 chicken breast halves, your recipe is probably just asking for you to use 4 chicken breasts (from 2 chickens).

I hope this helps!

Mirisaid:

Thanks Kathy! They came out wonderful!

a question:

How would you do this cooking for one? Grill all chicken breasts and freeze, and then heat as needed (cooking all at once)? or freeze the uncooked chicken breasts, and then thaw and grill as needed (cooking one by one)?

Rufussaid:

Okay I just tried this (my first time cooking raw meat) and I would like to say two things:

-For the stove setting, you should probably set it to ~2.5 I had it around 5 at first, but then the surface of the chicken got burned. I had no idea since this was not addressed in the video.

-You should probably use a grill pan instead of a frying pan, because I used a frying pan and whole splotches of the chicken were burned instead of just a few stripes.

Rufussaid:

Okay, I just did attempt #2 and it went extremely well. Two more tips:
-Grill pan not necessary. I just kept the heat at about 2.75 the whole time and it never burned
-You don’t need to rub in the spices with your hand. What I did was this: after flattening the breasts and removing the saran wrap, I sprinkled the spices on the shiny side (which was up) medium heavily. Then I moved the breasts to the pan (shiny side down) and then washed my hands, and then sprinkled the rest of the spices on the other side of the breasts while they were grilling. Doing this will save you several hand washes.

Congratulations Rufus! I am so proud of you for giving grilled chicken a second chance!
Getting to know the setting of your particular stove is very important. Not all stoves are the same.
I hope you enjoy your grilled chicken!
Cheers,
Kathy

Lynnsaid:

Kathy, I just wanted to say thank you so much!!

I’m embarrassed to admit I’d gotten to the ripe old age of 34 without learning how to cook. I tried this grilled chicken recipe a few days ago (I bought a grill pan especially!) and I couldn’t believe how easy it was.

Yours is the first website I’ve found that has such clear and easy instructions. I feel as if something’s been demystified! I’m determined to keep cooking and learning.

Hi Lynn,
Congratulations! I wish you the best of luck developing your cooking skills. I promise you that there is no trick photography with any of my videos or recipes. What you see is what you get!
Cheers,
Kathy

Annsaid:

Hi Kathy,

Wow!! This is such a simple and tasty recipe. And you are a FANTASTIC teacher!…Thanks so much!!:)

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